Overview
- The companies signed the contract on Feb. 12, 2026, with deliveries scheduled to begin on March 1.
- Cerbras becomes the first industrial customer in Brazil’s Northeast to migrate to the free market with direct supply from Petrobras.
- Cerbras is the largest non‑thermal industrial natural gas consumer in Ceará, highlighting the deal’s regional significance.
- Ceará’s updated rules for free‑market gas access and closely aligned technical work enabled a negotiation described as record speed.
- Petrobras characterizes the pact as part of its commercial repositioning toward direct contracts, following a similar deal in Santa Catarina last year, and it did not disclose volumes or term.